4 Men and a Bass @ Monroe's Backstage Bar

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

BLUEGRASS FUSED harmonies, with a soulful, rock'n'roll,beat, will be heard in Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Sunday April 3, when Galway's 4 Men and a Bass take to the stage.

Epic, dark, and doom - Irish Metal Archives fifth birthday gig

Wed, Mar 02, 2016

A QUARTET of the some of the finest underground metal and dark ambient acts in Ireland - The Bogs Of Aughiska, Soothsayer, Corr Mhóna, and Weed Priest - will gather upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 8pm.

Elvis Costello to play Galway International Arts Festival

Tue, Mar 01, 2016

ELVIS COSTELLO, and his band The Imposters, have just been announced to play the Absolut Festival Big Top on Friday July 15 as part of this summer's Galway International Arts Festival.

Orchid Collective kick off new month of Citóg gigs

Mon, Feb 29, 2016

RISING IRISH band Orchid Collective will kick off the Citóg gigs for March at the Róisín Dubh, which will also see performances from such exciting new Galway band Field Trip, whose new single has just been released.

Brian Deady - Ireland's new soul star for Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

BRIAN DEADY has been declared Ireland's "new soul star," by The Irish Times and "our favourite act in Ireland” by no less a legend than Nile Rodgers of Chic. Clearly this is an artist on the rise.

Award winning Swedish film for Sunday

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

PARENTAL NEGLECT, eating disorders, but also first romances, lazy summers, and whispered secrets will be explored in Swedish film My Skinny Sister, which will be screened by the Galway Film Society this weekend.

Big Fancy Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

COLIN MUPRHY, one of Ireland's most consistently funny comics will headline the Big Fancy Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh - which takes place in the venue's downstairs live area - tomorrow [Friday February 26] at 8.30pm.

Album review: Låpsley

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 25, 2016

IN SPITE of the name, she's not Nordic, but English. Liverpudlian Holly ‘Låpsley’ Fletcher has created some excitement with her EPs, but now comes her debut album Long Way Home. So, does it deliver on the earlier recordings promise?

'As a traditional singer one is always on a quest of discovery'

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

GALWAY SINGER Mary McPartlan has just released a terrific new album entitled From Mountain To Mountain a tribute to the late legendary American folk song collector and singer Jean Ritchie.

NUIG launches 16th Múscailt Festival programme

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

'SEAS AN Fód/Stand Your Ground' is the defiant theme of this year's Múscailt, NUI Galway's annual arts festival, which brings a host of visual arts, music, performance, song, talks, and workshop to the campus in March. All events are free and open to the public.

As You Like It @ The Eye

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY of disguise, transformation, and messing about with gender, As You Like It, currently running at the National Theatre in London, is being broadcast to The Eye Cinema this evening at 7pm.

Preston Reed - guitar genius to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

PRESTON REED, "widely thought of as the world’s most gifted guitarist,” according to Total Guitar, and described by the Manchester Evening News as “a major musical talent”, is coming back to Galway.

Former hunger striker to speak at NUIG

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

LAWRENCE MCKEOWN, who went 70 days without food during the 1981 Hunger Strikes, will speak in NUI Galway about the Hunger Strikes and the 1916 Rising, both of which have anniversaries this year.

Theatre review: The Dead School

Theatre Reviews Thu, Feb 25, 2016

HAVING ENJOYED a sell-out run at last year’s Galway International Arts Festival, Andrew Flynn’s fine production of Pat McCabe’s The Dead School gets a welcome revival this week at the Town Hall.

Mr C brings the SuperFreq clubnight to The Loft

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

MR C, once the lead vocalist with The Shamen, who had hits in the early 1990s with 'Ebeneezer Goode' and 'Love Sex Intelligence', and who today is recognised as one of the world's leading DJs, is coming to Galway.

John Banville to read at a longer Cúirt

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

THE CÚIRT International Festival of Literature will grow from a six to an eight day event this year, testament to its increasing success over recent years, and John Banville, one of Ireland's leading novelists, will be among the writers taking part.

Galway Film Centre to host Documentary School 2016

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

JILL BEARDSWORTH, an award winning documentary maker, will host the upcoming Documentary School 2016 workshop at the Galway Film Centre.

Chris Haze to headline charity gig @ Monroe's

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

RISING SINGER-songwriter Chris Haze will headline a charity concert at Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday March 18 at 8pm, to raise funds for injured jockey Brendan McDonagh.

An evening of Japanese and Irish poetry

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

THE ANNUAL evening of Japanese and Irish poetry will take place in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop this Saturday, with Japanese tanka poet Hisa Kagawa, and Galway poets Annie and Ted Deppe.

One Horse Pony - a very Irish take on the blues

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

THEY COME from Ireland, France, and Poland, they play highly charged, original, acoustic blues. They are One Horse Pony, and they play the Róisín Dubh's upstairs bar this Saturday at 9pm.

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